In the Fascist Bathroom a neccessity for any punk library

Greil Marcus‘ compendium of punk writings, In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992, is the sort of book that everyone needs on their bookshelf — or, more accurately, in the bathroom itself. It’s a collection of mostly short and pithy columns from the front lines of punk, which have unfortunately been rewritten.

According to Marcus’ introduction:

Most of the pieces in this book have been rewritten to some degree, not to change judgments, but to correct factual errors, improve clarity, or flesh out passages originally cut for reasons of space or editors’ incomprehension.